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Current Public Policy and Leadership News
Educational series explores issues on race and seeks solutions for a more inclusive society.
This financial aid counselor is working on a master's degree in public administration to help further her UNLV career.
Urban Affairs’ Advising Center Crafts Remote Infrastructure in Response to Pandemic
As daily life around the country came to a sudden halt in March, UNLV rapidly reconfigured the rhythms of its day-to-day operations and lent its considerable expertise to fighting the virus in Nevada.
Eight UNLV Students Honored With 2020 Lance and Elena Calvert Awards For Undergraduate Research across a wide spectrum of research topics.
Master's student Kylies Fung encourages fellow grads to reflect on how far they've come during their time at UNLV.
Public Policy and Leadership In The News
Redlining was a government-sanctioned discriminatory policy that designated most urban minority-majority neighborhoods as places banks should not offer home mortgages. The term originates in color maps developed in the late 1930s by Homer Hoyt, an economist with the Federal Housing Administration, to direct mortgage loans made by the Home Owner’s Loan Corp. Redlining refers to the map’s color-coded neighborhood types: red zones indicated high-risk investments; yellow zones medium risk; and green zones low risk.
Terri Janison does not know whether her nonprofit can still hold its annual gala at the newly built Allegiant Stadium this fall.
Terri Janison does not know if her nonprofit organization will be able to continue hosting their annual gala at the newly built Allegiant Stadium this fall.
Terri Janison does not know whether her nonprofit can still hold its annual gala at the newly built Allegiant Stadium this fall.
So far, Nevada's response to COVID-19 seems to be working. Governor Steve Sisolak issued his emergency order to close nonessential businesses back in March. He says it helped slow the pandemic down.
On Treasure Island’s casino floor, which has transformed from a jumble of noises and flashing lights into a place of stillness and calm, two chairs are missing from a bank of slot machines that once seated four. In the table games section of the casino, shuttered since mid-March when casinos were ordered closed amid the COVID-19 outbreak, there are just three seats for players at a blackjack table instead of the normal six.
